cigar ashes borne on autumn winds 
ashes of loves
ashes of bonfires blazing
from this seasons harvests
remnant stories
returning to mother earth
ashes to ashes
into their next reincarnation
into their next recantation
songs syncopated by drums
stretched onto sketched skins
old skins oiled into new skins
tears wept, fears swept
awaiting new roots
blossom into new blooms
newt of frogs swooning crickets
into dreams drempt
by naked buddhas
dancing into our smiles